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Wow, I actually have 7 of Gioia's list.
1 - JL Adams 'Become Ocean'
25 - Gordon 'Rushes'
39 - RR Parry 'Music for Heart and Breath'
46 - Ensemble Villancico 'Tambalagumba'
48 - Danish String Quartet 'Wood Works'Finally... a new History of Classical chapter, awaiting review.Yeah, Become Ocean arrived on emusic just after I'd used up my downloads... gotta wait another couple of weeks to get it.
And Steel Hammer's one of my favourite releases of the year too.Posting this to make brighternow feel jealous...!
Just bought my ticket for "What?... Wow: David Lang's Festival of Music" in Dublin next March.
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I sincerely hope to get back to that soon. I've had too much going on over the past year but I might find more time for it now. If the next part doesn't appear by the end of October you'll need to talk severely to me.My response on the emu message board:
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Of course my emusic experience remains the same so I suppose I should keep the snark to a minimum... tbh I can't believe that 5 years later I'm still on my grandfathered plans with s…(Quote)
Sounds painful.Looks good... I've never heard of Alberto Mozzati, though I learned from Google that he was a "great Italian blind pianist". And surely for a classical album, Funk might have bowed out and left the job to Wagnall? Not much funk in Beethoven.I think I can find the time for some listening, too.Ah, now if you like Handel the question becomes more interesting, because the issue of performance practice comes up. Whereas these days pretty much all new recordings of Baroque music will make an attempt at "authentic" performance in terms of, for…One rule of thumb is that it doesn't matter a damn who the conductor, orchestra, soloist, or label is if you don't like the music. So the first order of business is to either know in advance which composers/works you might like, or be prepared to ge…(Quote)
My older son listened to a recording of himself the other day and was startled to discover he has an Irish accent.
Actually when we first started going over to the US to my wife's relatives, I found myself translating f…Prophet or Pope, whichever hat fits best.I officially appoint Brighternow my representative on Earth!I'm sure an Anglican Coltrane church would be something rather different.
Well-meaning vicars would set words to Coltrane's music for use at services.
"And now Blue Train, verses 1 to 3...."
in WTF Comment by Nereffid January 2014My list is ready for release...I'm ripping up the rule book on this one. I'll kick off with my #1 and then arrange the other 22 thematically. Yeah, that's right, I'm doing a Top 23. The world needs more end-of-year lists based on prime numbers.I've got my list more-or-less sorted, but writing it up? Might get it next week, otherwise it could be well into January.brighternow: (Quote)
10. Tech Support Allowed Into Disused Lot At Back Of Office
9. Quasi-Post-Ironic Liberace Tribute Act
8. University Challenge (knocked out in first round)
7. Failed Superman Audition
6. That Kid …All right, all right, I'll get the damn David Lang and Caleb Burhans albums...@ Doofy: appreciate the shoutout, but alas the Nereffid's Guide Awards have had their day. This year, I haven't had the time or, to be honest, the enthusiasm. Though - sudden evil thought - perhaps I might just abuse whatever authority I have…ooh, I have two from Gioia's list!
#15 - Dobrinka Tabakova
#43 - Attacca Quartet
...both of which might make my top 20 for the year. It's been a very strong year for me, as I've put much more effort into getting new classical relea…This year I've downloaded 82 albums or partial albums, of which 79 have been classical, the other 3 being for Mrs Nereffid - Samba Tourfrom a recent BBC article on the price of CDs (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23840744):
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If you add up retailer+manufacturer+distributor, all replace…This tangentially reminds me of something my 10-year-old said the other day when I was looking for my DVD copy of "Back to the Future".
I was having trouble finding it and he said helpfully, "Maybe it's on one of those weird box thingies?"
This Les Introuvables guy seems to have good taste!